Senegal’s President Macky Sall has arrived in the Gambian capital,
Banjul two hours ago in honour of President Yahya Jammeh’s invitation to
grace The Gambia’s 48th independence anniversary to the dismay of Gambian dissidents abroad.

Mr Sall’s visit is clearly against the will of Gambian dissidents
abroad, who have sent a letter to the Senegalese president on Saturday
asking him to turn down the invitation in the wake of continued human
rights violations in the tiny poor west African country.

However, pressure group, the Civil Society Association Gambia, CSAG, said should Mr Sall decide to visit Banjul, they want him to encourage Mr Jammeh to address and improve his record on human rights, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, freedom of the press and human and sub-regional security.

Sall is seen as an emblem for democracy in the Senegambia-region in
particular and sub-regional economic bloc, the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS) in general.

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